Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Ann Leary’s latest novel, “The Foundling,” is the vivid, often alarming, tale of a young woman named Mary who works at the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:24PMMonday, June 13, 2022
In practice, "Kiss My Aztec!," a new musical comedy about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in the 16th century at the Hartford Stage, just wants to make you laugh. It just doesn’t care h…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:20PM“Hamilton” is returning to The Bushnell, and so is the chance to win $10 tickets to the show through an online lottery.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:55PMMany of the talents who nabbed Tony awards on Sunday night have been seen at Connecticut theaters, and some like Patti LuPone and the late Stephen Sondheim, have called the state home.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:30PMSaturday, June 11, 2022
The Beat is a new archive of Hartford music created by the Hartford Public Library. The site is curated by local arts leaders and music professionals who will select 40 albums for The Beat e…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe International Festival of Arts & Ideas, has returned to its old form in New Haven, with weeks of indoor and outdoor events throughout June.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 9, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for June 12-18 includes comedy and dance at the Arts & Ideas festival, the "Masked Singer" tour at Foxwoods and a punk nostalgia night at the Space Ballroom.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:49PMNaama Tsabar's installation of shattered electric guitars, "Melodies of a Certain Damage (Opus 6)," is at the Wadsworth Atheneum's Matrix gallery through Sept. 11. On its closing weekend, a …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, June 7, 2022
As New York cartoonist David Sipress prepares to discuss his memoir, "What's So Funny?: A Cartoonist's Memoir," in a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Museum on Thursday, he s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PMMonday, June 6, 2022
"The Agitators" at Playhouse on Park dramatizes the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. The play by Mat Smart is at Playhouse on Park through June 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:49PMFriday, June 3, 2022
Troy Rondinone, a history professor at SCSU, has insights on the use of asylum and mental health imagery in the Netflix series "Stranger Things."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:04PM"Body and Land: Exhibition for Eco-Justice" is an artistic exploration to bring awareness to, and also celebrate, the environment. The free, weeklong event opens Saturday at Hartford’s Chr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
The mainstays at the Goodspeed Opera House are family-friendly classic musical fare, but this version of “Cabaret” was the tamest, least objectionable, least menacing and thus most usele…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:13AMSaturday, May 28, 2022
TheaterWorks Hartford has announced a four-play 2022-23 season of "Fun Home," "Queen of Basel," "The Rembrandt" and "Clyde's." All the plays are by female writers. TheaterWorks will also mar…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PMThe Long Wharf Theatre has announced several events in its 2022-23 season as it transitions out of its longtime 222 Sargent Drive location.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:22PMFriday, May 27, 2022
The new musical comedy "Kiss My Aztec!," a jubilant and hilarious celebration of Hispanic and Latin culture co-written by John Leguizamo, is at Hartford Stage June 1-26.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:19AMSaturday, May 21, 2022
"Between Two Knees, a dark yet hilarious take on the oppression of Native Americans, is at Yale Repertory Theatre through June 4. The play was created by the comedy troupe The 1491s, writers…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, May 19, 2022
“Amy Winehouse: Back From Black" brings the British bad-girl pop singer back to life for a couple of saucy, debauched hours of powerful pop ballads, starring Alexa Renée at Seven Angels T…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 18, 2022
“Zoey’s Perfect Wedding” isn't a parody of a wedding, it is a behind-the-scenes reaction to one that’s getting out of control. The play, by Matthew Lopez, is at TheaterWorks Hartford…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:32AMMonday, May 16, 2022
TheaterWorks Hartford will be premiering a sequel to one of its signature hits, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," in July, featuring the original writer, star and director.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:59PMFriday, May 13, 2022
"Queen" by Madhuri Shekar, at the Long Wharf Theatre May 17 through June 5, is the first project of an exciting new partnership between the Long Wharf and the New York-based National Asian A…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, May 12, 2022
Hartford Symphony Orchestra 2022 Talcott Mountain Music Festival features concerts devoted to the music of Billy Joel, Paul Simon, "Queens of Soul" and bands who played the Woodstock festiva…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:38PMTheaterWorks Hartford's New Works Festival returns with four readings of new plays. Three are streaming May 16-22 online while the fourth is part of a day of live events at the theater May 2…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Winfred Rembert, a Southern artist who spent the last several decades of his live in New Haven, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his posthumously published memoir.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:53PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
When an actor tested positive for COVID, "Zoey's Perfect Wedding" at TheaterWorks canceled five performances and is now bringing a new actor in until the original performer is ready to retur…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:40PMMonday, May 9, 2022
"Between Two Knees," a satirical take on recent Native American history by the indigenous comedy troupe The 1491s, is at the Yale Repertory Theatre from May 12 through June 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:13PMFriday, May 6, 2022
The traveling exhibit "Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel," featuring giant blow-ups of panels from the world-famous Italian masterpiece, is at the Connecticut Convention Center through June 26.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:47PMThursday, May 5, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for May 8-14 includes shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater, Hole in the Wall Theatre and the Yale Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMBest-selling author Neil Gaiman should have a lot to talk about when he comes to Hartford on May 11 for a 7:30 p.m. appearance at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
Free Comic Book Day returns May 7, offering dozens of free titles prepared by major comics publishers especially for this annual event.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Savian Stanescu's "Bee Trapped Inside the Window" is a carefully distanced and emotional tale of isolation, racism, classism and social injustice at HartBeat Ensemble through Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:05PM 
